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Trial pitting Waymo against Uber further delayed

San Francisco - Muslimchronicle

The start of the trial in Waymo's suit against Uber over swiped self-driving car secrets was delayed once again Tuesday in the face of potentially troubling new evidence. Waymo and Uber confirmed that US District Judge William Alsup postponed the trial, which was scheduled to begin next week, to a date yet to be determined. Last-minute evidence reportedly came inRead more

Google ditched autopilot driving feature after test user napped behind wheel

California - Muslimchronicle

Alphabet Inc’s self-driving car unit stopped developing features that required drivers to take control in dangerous situations, its chief executive said Monday, as autopilot reliance left users prone to distractions and ill-prepared to maneuver. The decision followed experiments of the technology in Silicon Valley that showed test users napping, putting on makeup and fiddling with their phones as the vehiclesRead more

Alphabet's Waymo demanded $1 billion in settlement talks with Uber

San Francisco - Muslimchronicle

Alphabet Inc.'s Waymo sought at least $1 billion in damages and a public apology from Uber Technologies Inc. as conditions for settling its high-profile trade secret lawsuit against the ride-services company, sources familiar with the proposal told Reuters. The Waymo self-driving car unit also asked that an independent monitor be appointed to ensure Uber does not use Waymo technology inRead more

Intel chips loaded in Waymo

Waymo - Muslimchronicle

Intel on Monday announced its computing tech is being loaded into Waymo self-driving minivans as the chip giant seeks a leading position on the road to autonomous vehicles. Intel computing technology enabling "real-time decisions for full autonomy in city conditions" has been built into the latest self-driving Chrysler Pacifica minivans being tested by Waymo, a unit of Google-parent Alphabet, accordingRead more

Waymo suit against Uber on road to trial

San Francisco - Muslimchronicle

Waymo's case against Uber over swiped self-driving car technology appeared headed for trial after an appeals court on Wednesday rejected a bid to steer it toward private arbitration. A US federal appeals court upheld a lower court decision that an arbitration contract with a former Waymo employee at the heart of the case did not apply to the legal battleRead more

Alphabet accuses Uber of stealing self-driving car technology

SAN FRANCISCO - ArabToday

Alphabet on Thursday filed a lawsuit accusing Uber and its self-driving vehicle unit Otto of stealing technology from Waymo, a subsidiary of the Google parent company. "Otto and Uber have taken Waymo's intellectual property so that they could avoid incurring the risk, time and expense of independently developing their own technology," Waymo said in a San Francisco federal court filing.Read more